Area stars still competing in NCAA track regionals

Updated 10:06 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013

Baylor's Christina Holland and Texas A&M's Greg Coleman cruised through opening heats Thursday and into the quarterfinals of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Austin.

Both of the former San Antonio-area high school standouts will compete Friday at Myers Stadium in

an effort to make it to Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA championship meet.

Holland (Judson High) was second in the fifth preliminary heat with a time of 58.32 seconds. Coleman (Warren) also was second in the third preliminary heat in 51.24.

Coleman will be joined in the men's quarters by Joshua Smith and Jumarcus Shelvin from UTSA. Both moved up a round Thursday, as did UTSA's Christopher Hall in the open 400.

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Shelvin circled the oval in a career-best 51.53 and finished third in the final preliminary heat (14th overall).

That eclipsed his previous personal record of 51.86 he registered two weeks ago in the Western Athletic Conference prelims.

Smith advanced following his second-place 51.71 in the event's fourth heat (17th overall).

Hall clocked a season-best 46.89. The fifth-place finisher in the final prelims, he recorded the night's 23rd-fastest time and it was just seven one-hundredths of a second off his PR of 46.82 that he established a year ago.

In the long jump, UTSA's Roscoe Robinson placed 15th, narrowly missing a trip to nationals. Robinson broke the sand in 24 feet, 10 inches on his final attempt of the first round.

Action in NCAA preliminary rounds continues through Saturday at UT.

Softball

Oklahoma at Texas A&M postponed: The first game of the NCAA Norman Super Regional between No. 16 seed Texas A&M softball and No. 1 seed Oklahoma was postponed because of unplayable field conditions after an overnight storm.